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whether the definition captures appropriate uses, and so, currently the definition applies only to u.s.-based businesses for example, international businesses that do not have eleven or more retail outlets in the united states. and i am thinking of pharmacies or david's tea and they are not considered formula retail by the planning department. there are also readily identifiable chains that are not considered formula retaylor subject to the formula retail controls such as gyms, 24 hour fitness or gas stations, or whatnot and those are not useful that fall into this category. >> and we are looking for the criteria for evaluation and 11 or more establishments a hard and fast masic number. should a business with 12 outlets be evaluated using the same criteria as the larger chain such as subway. >> should it reflect whether it has outlets in the area, such as lee's deli. or thousands of outlets, and are there uses, grocery stores or pharmacies come to mind but there could be others, providing retail that is not typically provided by operators or not readily accessible in some neighborhoods
whether the definition captures appropriate uses, and so, currently the definition applies only to u.s.-based businesses for example, international businesses that do not have eleven or more retail outlets in the united states. and i am thinking of pharmacies or david's tea and they are not considered formula retail by the planning department. there are also readily identifiable chains that are not considered formula retaylor subject to the formula retail controls such as gyms, 24 hour fitness...
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stores in the u.s.. however, my hesitation in going along with that interpretation is that it would make me throw my comments out the door. the spirit of this law is to protect small businesses. that is the spirit of the law, that is why it was enacted, that's why the majority of voters voted for it. i understand that a numerical threshold was put into law and that is artificial and very persuasive to me that this was the 11th store. if it was 2, 3, 4, it might make a difference to me. i know there is legislation append to go fix the statute or make it clear. so all of those factors to me are determinant, and i feel the perfect issue is to have a public venue. i think the cu process is the appropriate place to have that kind of a debate. it's not up to us. it's up to the board of supervisors and to the communities who have to live in this neighborhood. for that reason, i would support in granting the appeal. >> one of the reasons after i hear the nay sayers, is that one of the things we can do, it's not
stores in the u.s.. however, my hesitation in going along with that interpretation is that it would make me throw my comments out the door. the spirit of this law is to protect small businesses. that is the spirit of the law, that is why it was enacted, that's why the majority of voters voted for it. i understand that a numerical threshold was put into law and that is artificial and very persuasive to me that this was the 11th store. if it was 2, 3, 4, it might make a difference to me. i know...
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that is u.s. citizens have been falsely detained and s-com leaves those with let status with issue of judicial review and criminal activity and complete disregard for the due process rights with these detainers. the city enacted numb rowses laws and policies to keep families united. in contrast ice detainers resulted in a intraigz of families. according to the 2011 warren institute study it's estimated that more than 1/3 targeted have a u.s. spouse citizen or child complying with civil immigration detainers thus results in the deportation of potential aspiring u.s. citizens. according to the 2011 warren study latinos make up 93% detained through this program but account for seven 7% for undocumented population in the u.s. and they have a disproportionate impact on latinos. the city has enacted laws to prevent residents from getting in the system but this is the responsibility of the federal government. a news release stated that deportations have reached record figures each year and according to t
that is u.s. citizens have been falsely detained and s-com leaves those with let status with issue of judicial review and criminal activity and complete disregard for the due process rights with these detainers. the city enacted numb rowses laws and policies to keep families united. in contrast ice detainers resulted in a intraigz of families. according to the 2011 warren institute study it's estimated that more than 1/3 targeted have a u.s. spouse citizen or child complying with civil...
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on july 21st, i had lunch with three u.s. senators, u.s. senator brian schatz of hawaii, u.s. senators jeff huntley of oregon, and [speaker not understood] of delaware, they were in san francisco. i had a private meeting with them. i took jim malony with me to that meeting. they all come from ports. they are very supportive. our union has a great relationship with these senators. and it piggybacks on other issues, the harbor maintenance press conference that we're having up in seattle on thursday, july 15th, with the u.s. senator's patty murry and maria can't well. we have 40 united states senators that so far on this bill ~ supported the maritime goods and movement act for the 21st century. and i think it's so important our west coast ports having relationship with u.s. senators. [speaker not understood]. they can make a lot of things happen and they're committed to the ports, the port of san francisco, seattle, oregon, or l.a. ferment and they know right now canada and mexico has an unfair advantage with the harbor maintenance tax and we need an equal plan. so, clearly as we
on july 21st, i had lunch with three u.s. senators, u.s. senator brian schatz of hawaii, u.s. senators jeff huntley of oregon, and [speaker not understood] of delaware, they were in san francisco. i had a private meeting with them. i took jim malony with me to that meeting. they all come from ports. they are very supportive. our union has a great relationship with these senators. and it piggybacks on other issues, the harbor maintenance press conference that we're having up in seattle on...
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and you'll hear a lot in the paper about the bear team it was put together by the u.s. forest service it is a group it goes out and seas the damage and what the recovery plan will be from the u.s. forest service prospective's. just to give you an idea of the progression and we know those well because we operate our emergency services on the same day. it was followed the next day by the state declaring a this in a state of energy. i should add that another township was dlafrd a energy. when we go into this kind of situation all we wanted to do here is to give you a view that we have to coordinate with a lot of other office of emergency services and fema. we're coordinating with the mayor's office and general manager kelly was making sure that the mayor was kept informed. rec and park department they were intimidately involved. i'll show you this is basically a liaison for us the you've had command. this is the u.s. park service and they're in charge. we're not in charge of this fire at all. they're the people on the ground fighting the fire and we're coordinating with th
and you'll hear a lot in the paper about the bear team it was put together by the u.s. forest service it is a group it goes out and seas the damage and what the recovery plan will be from the u.s. forest service prospective's. just to give you an idea of the progression and we know those well because we operate our emergency services on the same day. it was followed the next day by the state declaring a this in a state of energy. i should add that another township was dlafrd a energy. when we...
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i went to the u.s. patent and tradeoffs you can search trade marks and if you looked at spade, there are 229 separate trade marks under spade and various combinations of spaechld you can register jack spade multiple times and look into areas and get watches and bags and clothing etc. under the 229 or so spade trade marks, about 70 or so are related to kate spade and various variations of kate spade including kate spade saturday and then there are about 25 or so for jack spade. there are more than a hundred spade trademarks that are unrelated. when reviewing this and when determining this and i did have a conversation with the appellant the other day and discussed the meaning of the planning code and we did go through some hypotheticals. i agree with all the representation made to the board and i did express very clearly that we are not dealing with hypotheticals in the case and the facts that we have are that there are at this point 10 jack spade stores in the u.s.. there are kate spade stores, but with
i went to the u.s. patent and tradeoffs you can search trade marks and if you looked at spade, there are 229 separate trade marks under spade and various combinations of spaechld you can register jack spade multiple times and look into areas and get watches and bags and clothing etc. under the 229 or so spade trade marks, about 70 or so are related to kate spade and various variations of kate spade including kate spade saturday and then there are about 25 or so for jack spade. there are more...
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so for 52 programs, i need to say also about u.s. department of labor data. it also covers marine county and san mateo county. we included these areas so we are looking at the whole picture. using those three schools, in 4152 programs, job demand, annual job demand far exceeded the skills labor that was coming out of city college. how we identify this is to simply say it's not that only our schools have the same graduates, but it's an important part of the city's labor force. we did try to estimate the market value of those jobs cht we are not saying these are definitely jobs that city college gets but it's a part of the labor force. that is about 22 million a year. in terms of the impact on the individual workers. if these programs did not exist, we estimated the deference between the wages for these programs, for graduates of these programs and found $111,000 difference tlchlts -- there is a market to those jobs. in terms of college staff, our most recent data was 2013 academic year we were not able to get the data for the current year. there were last year
so for 52 programs, i need to say also about u.s. department of labor data. it also covers marine county and san mateo county. we included these areas so we are looking at the whole picture. using those three schools, in 4152 programs, job demand, annual job demand far exceeded the skills labor that was coming out of city college. how we identify this is to simply say it's not that only our schools have the same graduates, but it's an important part of the city's labor force. we did try to...
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and the audit will be performed in accordance with u.s. gaap, u.s. gas and u.s. government auditing standards. slide 15 highlights the report that we will be issuing in accordance with this audit plan. as i mentioned before, we will be issuing audit reports on the financial statements of hss, mta, puc, and sfo. we will also be issuing a single audit report for mta, a tda compliance letter for mta. various agreed upon procedure reports, various public compliance reports for mta, report on [inaudible]. and also a single audit report for sfo. i did want to highlight on this slide that in the prior years single audit report, there was one finding in relation to noncompliance with the davis beacon requirement with respect to the timeliness of submission of weekly certified payroll reports. we do anticipate adding this to our current year schedule. we'll be looking to ensure that the recommendations have been implemented. okay. then if i may refer you to slide 18, slide 18 really highlights our audit timeline and key dates. we are currently in the planning and interim
and the audit will be performed in accordance with u.s. gaap, u.s. gas and u.s. government auditing standards. slide 15 highlights the report that we will be issuing in accordance with this audit plan. as i mentioned before, we will be issuing audit reports on the financial statements of hss, mta, puc, and sfo. we will also be issuing a single audit report for mta, a tda compliance letter for mta. various agreed upon procedure reports, various public compliance reports for mta, report on...
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made in the u.s.. this is exactly the kind of business that i want next door to inspire me to renovate and innovate. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you tonight. i spoke with you last week and i want to reiterate with what i said last week. my name is a michael gardener. i have been in business for 36 years. between 19 and 20th on mission street. between my block alone there are 9 empty stores. there are 3 stores to the left if you look at my store from across the street that have been empty over 10 years. there is a store directly across from me empty for 3 years. there is a restaurant across from me em
made in the u.s.. this is exactly the kind of business that i want next door to inspire me to renovate and innovate. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you tonight. i spoke with you last week and i want to reiterate with what i said last week. my name is a michael gardener. i have been in business for 36 years. between 19 and 20th on mission street. between my block alone there are 9 empty stores. there are 3 stores to the...
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from the u.s. epa, it was about an $8 million grant and really the purpose of the grant was to help monitor potential contaminants in the water supply, but there was also a public education component to the grant. and, so, what we did is launched a education program that was really about what people should do if they were concerned about the water, concerned about water quality issues, is to call 311. but it also began to be a vehicle to talk about where, you know, our pristine hetch hetchy water. it was a really successful -- a successful education program. we saw the signs on muni bus station, you saw them on tv. and what actually happened as one outcome of that is anecdotally, people told us that they started to drink more water once they understood where it comes from. but also as people had water quality concerns, some of the concerns that christina alluded to in her presentation, people started calling 311 more. so, we had a 10% increase in water quality concerns and that again became another
from the u.s. epa, it was about an $8 million grant and really the purpose of the grant was to help monitor potential contaminants in the water supply, but there was also a public education component to the grant. and, so, what we did is launched a education program that was really about what people should do if they were concerned about the water, concerned about water quality issues, is to call 311. but it also began to be a vehicle to talk about where, you know, our pristine hetch hetchy...
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most but not all u.s. residents will be subject to the mandate which becomes effective on january 1. those that are not subject to the mandate include undocumented individuals, that will be the largest proportion of individuals not subject to the mandate. those experiencing hardships such as homelessness, people with incomes below the threshold for filing federal tax returns which is about 9750 dollars per year, the incarcerated, those are the religious exemptions. >> my apologies, do you have copies of the slides for the committee. >> i'm sorry, i do not, i apologize. >> continue, please. >> anyone who is subject to the individual mandate and fails to show klein which will be done through their tax return, financial penalties will apply, the penalty in the first year is $95 which is low in acknowledgment of this new requirement but it creases to 695 dollars in 2016, it expands public insurance for low-income citizens through the medicate program, it creates the amazon.com of health insurance, it incentive
most but not all u.s. residents will be subject to the mandate which becomes effective on january 1. those that are not subject to the mandate include undocumented individuals, that will be the largest proportion of individuals not subject to the mandate. those experiencing hardships such as homelessness, people with incomes below the threshold for filing federal tax returns which is about 9750 dollars per year, the incarcerated, those are the religious exemptions. >> my apologies, do you...
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she is the single caretaker of three small children and two are u.s. citizens and on the way to apply for a visa and obtaining status permanently. she was arrested by san francisco police under chief suhr's leadership of a false accusation and a man harassing her at a lub here in san francisco. this hatched on june 28. >> >> after the sheriff's policy took effect and the policy and what the chief is suggesting are clearly not enough and we really have to codify and expand the current policies that we have, so that wrongly accused individuals aren't caught in this net. so even though the man was the aggressor and had to be removed and escorted out of the dance venue she was the one who was charged with a serious crime classified as a felony, assault with a deadly weapon because the man accused her of assaulting him with a glass bottle. this didn't happen. the charges were dropped and she was not released by the police regardless. the county of san francisco, the city and county of san francisco held her in our local jails from a thursday night, friday m
she is the single caretaker of three small children and two are u.s. citizens and on the way to apply for a visa and obtaining status permanently. she was arrested by san francisco police under chief suhr's leadership of a false accusation and a man harassing her at a lub here in san francisco. this hatched on june 28. >> >> after the sheriff's policy took effect and the policy and what the chief is suggesting are clearly not enough and we really have to codify and expand the...
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the u.s. immigration is to target the offenses but everyone in this room the program casts too far a net and it shows in california 7 out of tentacle forbearance as of 2013 had no convictions. so we believe that sf program is a deeply flawed. i want to thank the members while we continue to be a leader in advancing what's right. i want to recognize supervisor avalos it was the members in the community but i think it's important to recognize supervisor avalos and his staff. it's a ton of work and i know the president of the united states that's it what's that is like. we've heard from the citizens in the city they don't feel safe because they could get deported themselves. i share the story from last week you have seen walking down our hallways talking about his home that was burglarized but didn't call the police because of the fear of being dporlt. f this ordinance is important to build the trust in our public safety infrastructure. no one should fear calling the police when they need help. i
the u.s. immigration is to target the offenses but everyone in this room the program casts too far a net and it shows in california 7 out of tentacle forbearance as of 2013 had no convictions. so we believe that sf program is a deeply flawed. i want to thank the members while we continue to be a leader in advancing what's right. i want to recognize supervisor avalos it was the members in the community but i think it's important to recognize supervisor avalos and his staff. it's a ton of work...
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service members and u.s. veterans currently here in the united states and elsewhere in the country. and i just wanted to start off by indicating to you this [speaker not understood] in the middle. but it basically shows a list of items, [speaker not understood] documents that you use to present when you're looking for work including looking for work with the u.s. military. listed here, the latitude and longitude. there is a reason i put latitude and longitude there. of course, all of earth is divided up into sections, part of which we call latitude and the other part be called the longitude. and with that, i just want to conclude with the lord's prayer. our father who art in heaven, hal owed be your name. your kingdom come. your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. lead us not into temptation, but deliver
service members and u.s. veterans currently here in the united states and elsewhere in the country. and i just wanted to start off by indicating to you this [speaker not understood] in the middle. but it basically shows a list of items, [speaker not understood] documents that you use to present when you're looking for work including looking for work with the u.s. military. listed here, the latitude and longitude. there is a reason i put latitude and longitude there. of course, all of earth is...
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>> they are reviewed by the u.s. department of education and there's another body called the council higher education -- council of higher education of accreditation. it's called chia. >> thank you. >> and i can send more formal information on that as well. the commissioners of the accrediting commission are faculty members from other institutions. there are 19 commissioners. there are some that represents -- there are three members that represent public interests. there are administrators, some other member institutions, and then people representing other educational entities. they go through a nomination process and it's the chief executive officer, the chancellors and presidents who elect the commissioners. and, again, it's a peer review process. the commission is basically servicing all of its member institutions in this peer review process. evaluation teams are also composed of faculty members, administrators, even trustees of other institutions when they come to evaluate an institution. i need to make clear als
>> they are reviewed by the u.s. department of education and there's another body called the council higher education -- council of higher education of accreditation. it's called chia. >> thank you. >> and i can send more formal information on that as well. the commissioners of the accrediting commission are faculty members from other institutions. there are 19 commissioners. there are some that represents -- there are three members that represent public interests. there are...
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and the audit will be performed in accordance with u.s. gaap, u.s. gas and u.s. government auditing standards. slide 15 highlights the report that we will be issuing in accordance with this audit plan. as i mentioned before, we will be issuing audit reports on the financial statements of hss, mta, puc, and sfo. we will also be issuing a single audit report for mta, a tda compliance letter for mta. various agreed upon procedure
and the audit will be performed in accordance with u.s. gaap, u.s. gas and u.s. government auditing standards. slide 15 highlights the report that we will be issuing in accordance with this audit plan. as i mentioned before, we will be issuing audit reports on the financial statements of hss, mta, puc, and sfo. we will also be issuing a single audit report for mta, a tda compliance letter for mta. various agreed upon procedure
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adopt they don't become law but still are recognized as a standard >> how many cities or towns in the u.s. require the system as opposed to making it an option. >> the appendix it was a multiple year process in which all those experts had input into the process and it was just recognized e recommended from dallas and finalized in atlanta city. it passed with the elements of the city so it's on the recommendation calendar in atlanta city >> once you say it stays in as an appendix in the international fire code at some point would it be maybe in a year or two it will go in california through a process in sacramento and then ultimately to the - and to the fire standards commission it's the marshall who has the responsibility for adopting the code in california. i've responsive with chief hoover and she'll take to throw the same process. normally there are committees that for example, on the high-rise committees she'll get with the committees and at some point prior to adoption of the next code make a recommendation to the state fire marshall the fire marshall had propose the standards and th
adopt they don't become law but still are recognized as a standard >> how many cities or towns in the u.s. require the system as opposed to making it an option. >> the appendix it was a multiple year process in which all those experts had input into the process and it was just recognized e recommended from dallas and finalized in atlanta city. it passed with the elements of the city so it's on the recommendation calendar in atlanta city >> once you say it stays in as an...
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we all know that while the u.s. immigrations and custom employment stated [speaker not understood] is to target serious offenses, we all agree the program's cast is far too wide. as its own data shows, in california about 7 out of 10 of the over 93,500 californianses deported as of february 2014 had no convictionses whatsoever, ~ only minor offenses. to put a real face on the story, because i think we all talk about how programs like scom makes our communities feel less safe, i had an intern in my office whose family experienced a fairly violent burglary. their door was broken. their windows were completely shattered and all of their valuable belongings were gone. his immediate and he is a student at one of our esteemed u.c. collegeses, was of course to call the police ~. as he picked up his phone, his mom put her hand over his and said, we can't call the police. despite how terrified they were for their own safety, and she did not want to contact the police because she was afraid of being deported. he along with th
we all know that while the u.s. immigrations and custom employment stated [speaker not understood] is to target serious offenses, we all agree the program's cast is far too wide. as its own data shows, in california about 7 out of 10 of the over 93,500 californianses deported as of february 2014 had no convictionses whatsoever, ~ only minor offenses. to put a real face on the story, because i think we all talk about how programs like scom makes our communities feel less safe, i had an intern in...
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the u.s. supreme court decision vs. abrams in 2005 if you were to deny a permit for at at today and if at&t were to file a lawsuit and a win at&t is prohibited from getting attorney's fees or monetary damages. by contrast if you file a law enforcement and the planning code the inmrablt of the article 7 in violation that takes place if you approve it if we prevail we will be able to obtain attorney fees from the city. so you're going to - let's talk money. if at&t you deny a permit and at&t goes to court and if they win they get nothing from the city if the resident go to court they get the taxpayers' money on something that should never have happened because the department and d b i were doing their jobs. this is a soft story building. it's about safety of the people in the building. it needs a service upgrade that's the bottom line here. i'm on the ravaged mr. blackman says he's got a building permit to put it in the ground floor and that's supposed to be the final approval of the application and their signing open o o
the u.s. supreme court decision vs. abrams in 2005 if you were to deny a permit for at at today and if at&t were to file a lawsuit and a win at&t is prohibited from getting attorney's fees or monetary damages. by contrast if you file a law enforcement and the planning code the inmrablt of the article 7 in violation that takes place if you approve it if we prevail we will be able to obtain attorney fees from the city. so you're going to - let's talk money. if at&t you deny a permit...
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it but i don't have a comprehensive list - let me just finish my question the talented cities in the u.s. that require it. obviously there are more in the future but i'm interested in now because a lot of board statements are being made so today happen to know that >> i don't know how many have adopted into the ordinance as part of their code. i know the city of sunny vail doesn't have it but are imputing a lot of systems. sometimes with the developer you may require something in lieu of something else so there's a number of systems being installed around the country >> supervisor kim and you had mentioned about a third of our code is not mandated by the state. could you give us an example of something you think is quite necessary important that's not currently required by the state >> there are lots of provisions. >> some examples. >> probably turn rad. >> with the fire lanes, fire code requirements for water supply >> a number of those things. >> uh-huh. okay >> thank you, president chiu. >> thank you and chief i appreciate you being here to help us figure this out. as i mentioned befo
it but i don't have a comprehensive list - let me just finish my question the talented cities in the u.s. that require it. obviously there are more in the future but i'm interested in now because a lot of board statements are being made so today happen to know that >> i don't know how many have adopted into the ordinance as part of their code. i know the city of sunny vail doesn't have it but are imputing a lot of systems. sometimes with the developer you may require something in lieu of...